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ICM Capital Announces Local Dubai Partnership
November 11th, 2015
ICM Capital Limited has announced an inaugural UAE partnership with the esteemed brothers Mohammad and Abdulla Habib Al Mulla. ICM Capital, an FCA regulated online trading services provider for retail and corporate clients, are celebrating this milestone in their ...
The Middle East Could Face A Historic Crisis By Century’s End
November 10th, 2015
Regarding the Middle East and its oil, the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saed Al Maktoum, longtime Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, once famously remarked: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, ...
OPEC’s Strategy Seen Potentially Backfiring
November 10th, 2015
Decision against controlling oil output could add to sustained period of low oil prices and dent revenues, IEA says OPEC’s unwillingness to limit its oil output could help usher in a sustained period of low prices and more pain ...
Dubai private sector growth hits five-year low amid ‘travel and tourism contraction’
November 9th, 2015
Dubai’s private sector recorded its slowest growth in more than five years last month. Expansion of business activity was at a 68-month low with a slowdown in the travel and tourism sector particularly prominent, according to the Emirates NBD ...
IMF’s Lagarde Discusses Economic Challenges with GCC Countries
November 9th, 2015
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today at the conclusion of a meeting in Qatar with the finance ministers and central bank governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)1 : “I ...
Saudi Minister Says Asia Will Drive Oil Demand
November 9th, 2015
OPEC chief joins Naimi in seeing Asia as main hub for growth Russia targets doubling oil exports to Asia-Pacific by 2035 Oil demand will soon reflect the “attractiveness” of the current level of crude prices, and Asia will be a ...
Iranian Oil Goes Back on the Market
November 6th, 2015
After years of sanctions, the country is boosting production and aiming to win customers back from the Saudis and Russians. The fate of the oil market in 2016 depends in large part on a series of oil fields with ...
FXCM Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2015 Results
November 6th, 2015
Releases October 2015 Customer Trading Metrics Third Quarter 2015 Highlights: U.S. GAAP net revenues from continuing operations of $59.6 million U.S. GAAP net income attributable to FXCM Inc. from continuing operations of $64.3 million or $12.10(1) per fully diluted share, ...
BaFin and the SEC: An international comparison of supervisory practice
November 3rd, 2015
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) is often compared to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the media and by the public. The SEC is frequently perceived as the more powerful authority, in ...
BNP Sued Over $650 Million `Wet Ink’ Error in Al-Sanea Deal
November 3rd, 2015
Golden Belt Sukuk sues French lender in $650 million lawsuit Saudi tycoon’s Saad Group defaulted on the deal in 2009 BNP Paribas SA is being sued by the trustee of a $650 million Islamic finance transaction who said the ...
